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ESL 3002ADVANCED ACADEMICWRITING

Spring 2013

COURSE SYLLABUS

Wed. 1/30

Course introduction

Proofreading Pretest

Writing Diagnostic

HW: - Buy and bring all books to next class

- Check answers to Pretest (Errors, pp. 1-2)

Mon. 2/4

Writing Diagnostics returned & evaluated

Errors pp. vii & viii; discussion of results of Proofreading Pretest

Introduction toA Writers Reference

HW: - Transition Words/Phrases handout

Wed. 2/6

Transition words/phrases

AWGS Unit One An Approach to Academic Writing Audience, Purpose and Strategy,

Organization (pp. 1-14)

Mon. 2/11

Errors #3 Commas I (Hacker P1, P2)

AWGS Unit One An Approach to Academic Writing Style (pp. 14-30)

Wed. 2/13

AWGSUnit One An Approach to Academic Writing Flow (Hacker P3), Presentation (pp.

30-54)

Mon. 2/18

Errors #5 Quotation Marks (Hacker P5)

AWGS Unit Two Writing General-Specific Texts General Statements, Definitions (pp. 55-

70)

Wed. 2/20

Errors #6 Hyphens, Colons, and Semicolons (Hacker P3, P7)

AWGS Unit Two Writing General-Specific Texts Formal Sentence Definitions (pp. 71-74);

Appendix One (pp. 390-394)

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Mon. 2/25

Errors #7 Apostrophes (Hacker P4)

AWGS Unit Two Writing General-Specific Texts Extended, Competing, Contrastive, and

Comparative Definitions (pp. 74-92)

Assignment 1 General-Specific Texts (Task 20, p. 92)

Wed. 2/27Assignment 1 due

Errors #9 Italics, Underlining, and Quotation Marks (Hacker P5, P10)

AWGS Unit Three Problem, Process, and Solution Structure of Problem-Solution Texts

(pp. 100-111; 115-117)

Mon. 3/4

Errors #14 Review of Punctuation and Capitalization III (ref. pp. 40-41, 44-45; Hacker P6,

P8, P9)

AWGS Unit Three Problem, Process, and Solution Procedures and Processes (pp. 119-

132)

Wed. 3/6

Errors #19 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (Hacker G1; G3-a)

AWGS Unit Three Problem, Process, and Solution (pp. 133-138)

Assignment 2 Problem, Process, Solution Texts (Task 20, p. 138)

Mon. 3/11 No Class Spring Break (Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m., Sunday, March 10!)

Wed. 3/13 No Class Spring Break

Mon. 3/18 Assignment 2 due

Errors #20 Clear Pronoun Reference (Hacker G3-b, c, d)

AWGS Unit FourData Commentary Strength of Claim, Structure of Data Commentary

(pp. 139-153)

Wed. 3/20

Errors #23 Sentence Fragments and Run-on Sentences (Hacker G5, G6)

AWGS Unit FourData Commentary Structure of Data Commentary (cont.) (pp. 155-171)

HW: Find chart or graph for Assignment 3 and bring to next class!

Mon. 3/25

Errors #28 Correct Usage (Hacker W1)

AWGS Unit FourData Commentary (pp. 172-187)

Assignment 3 Data Commentary (Task 22, p. 186)

Wed. 3/27 Assignment 3 due

Errors #29 Review I

AWGS Unit Five Writing Summaries Assignment and Comparative Summaries (pp. 188-

208)

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Mon. 4/1

AWGS Unit Five Writing Summaries (pp. 209-227)

Assignment 4 Assignment Summary (Task 12, p. 220)

Wed. 4/3 Assignment 4 due Errors #32 Review IV

AWGS Unit Six Writing Critiques Book Reviews, Evaluating an Article (pp. 228-264)

Mon. 4/8

AWGS Unit Six Writing Critiques Reaction Papers, Manuscript Reviews (pp. 267-276)

Assignment 5 Critique (Task 18, p. 270)

HW: - Decide on Final Research Paper topic

Wed. 4/10 Assignment 5 due

AWGS Unit Seven Constructing a Research Paper I Overview; Methods (pp. 277-295)

Mon. 4/15

AWGS Unit Seven Constructing a Research Paper I Results (pp. 305-326)

AWGS Unit EightConstructing a Research Paper II Introduction (pp. 327-338)

HW: - Begin Final Research Paper (2-3 pp., 2-3 cited sources)

Wed. 4/17

AWGS Unit EightConstructing a Research Paper II Introduction (pp. 339-363)

HW: - Continue work on Final Research Paper (Introduction)

Mon. 4/22 AWGS Unit EightConstructing a Research Paper II Discussion, Title, Abstract,

Acknowledgements (pp. 363-389)HW: - Bring Hacker book to next class!

Wed. 4/24

Plagiarism workshop (Hacker, R3-c; MLA/APA/CMS-2,3)

Course Review

HW: - Finish Final Research Paper

Mon. 4/29 Final Research Papers (Assignment 6) due

Errors Posttest Individual consultations on research papers

Wed. 5/1

Final papers returned and discussed

Course Evaluation